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ReviewJournal of tissue engineering

Decellularised scaffolds: just a framework? Current knowledge and future directions.

Elena García-Gareta, Yousef Abduldaiem, Prasad Sawadkar, Christos Kyriakidis, Ferdinand Lali, Karin Vicente Greco

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Review in Journal of tissue engineering. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Elena García-GaretaThe Griffin Institute, Northwick Park and Saint Mark's Hospital, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7062-9099
Yousef AbduldaiemThe Griffin Institute, Northwick Park and Saint Mark's Hospital, London, UK.
Prasad SawadkarRegenerative Biomaterials Group, The RAFT Institute and The Griffin Institute, Northwick Park and Saint Mark's Hospital, London, UK.
Christos KyriakidisThe Griffin Institute, Northwick Park and Saint Mark's Hospital, London, UK.
Ferdinand LaliThe Griffin Institute, Northwick Park and Saint Mark's Hospital, London, UK.
Karin Vicente GrecoThe Griffin Institute, Northwick Park and Saint Mark's Hospital, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of decellularised matrices as scaffolds offers the advantage of great similarity with the tissue to be replaced. Moreover, decellularised tissues and organs can be repopulated with the patient's own cells to produce bespoke therapies. Great progress has been made in research and development of decellularised scaffolds, and more recently, these materials are being used in exciting new areas like hydrogels and bioinks. However, much effort is still needed towards preserving the original extracellular matrix composition, especially its minor components, assessing its functionality and scaling up for large tissues and organs. Emphasis should also be placed on developing new decellularisation methods and establishing minimal criteria for assessing the success of the decellularisation process. The aim of this review is to critically review the existing literature on decellularised scaffolds, especially on the preparation of these matrices, and point out areas for improvement, finishing with alternative uses of decellularised scaffolds other than tissue and organ reconstruction. Such uses include three-dimensional ex vivo platforms for idiopathic diseases and cancer modelling.

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acellular matricescell seedingdecellularisationDecellularised scaffoldsECMtissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID32742632
PMCPMC7376382

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